had a go at HDR thanks to FOxy

[Liquid yellow 182]

had a go at HDR as you can see....
thought i'd try so then im ready to do some at the clio meet sunday
going to lower soon! as i know people will comment on that:dapprove:

 

[dutty_112]

your car isnt that high in real life is it!!

 

[f0xy]

cool!

 

[CH33MA]

that looks wierd, is something written in your door?

 

[lewisniven]

quality! now get that car lowered.

 

[Liquid yellow 182]

that looks wierd, is something written in your door?

nah mate, just cleaned it so was the nice reflection of the tripod

 

[caeteez]

Need to tone it down. Its easy to make the HDR totally overcast an image. Less is more with HDR.

The point behind it is to give very bright whites and very dark blacks in one image. If its too strong, it will look like someones given it a massive contrast hit. Best to just bleed it in gently to an image to make it pop.

Good job experimenting with new techniques though. I'll snap some HDR's at Bluewater on Sunday (weather dependant on using the camera) and show you what I mean.

 

[leeds_182]

Thats the best 4 x 4 by far.

 

[Alan]

Thats the best 4 x 4 by far.

PMSL..

 

[Renault_Boy01]

looks good..now slam it on its arse

 

[Bjorn]

Could do with a spot of tyre gel

 

[Liquid yellow 182]

will do shortly!

 

[Jungle_Jim]

nice one mate,i dont mean to thread hijack but i have been doing some HDR stuff recently. i got myself a copy of dynamic photo HDR and it is much better than photomatix, you have far more options and the alignment is better, give it a whirl

photomatix:



dynamic photo HDR

 

[lozw]

Oooo, nice pic!

See you at the meet on Sunday

 

[caeteez]

^Jungle_Jim has the right idea. The HDR is gentle, yet strong enough to really improve the shot without making it look overcontrasted and painted.

 

[Coby.]

Cool Pic, At least there will be 1 person who knows how to operate a Camera, Our last meet resulted in some terrible pics, See you Sunday

 

[Christopher]

skillz

 

[Timmay]

not bad effort - official East Anglia meet photogrpaher

only cos the rest of us are shite

 

[Ali]

nice one mate,i dont mean to thread hijack but i have been doing some HDR stuff recently. i got myself a copy of dynamic photo HDR and it is much better than photomatix, you have far more options and the alignment is better, give it a whirl

photomatix:



dynamic photo HDR

Thats Fantastic! Easy to do!??

 

[Jungle_Jim]

Thats Fantastic! Easy to do!??

yeah mate you take three images in the same place at different exposure -2, 0 and +2
and then the software merges them together, just fiddle with the options till you find something you like

heres a link to the software site
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html

and a how to video
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/vide...cphotobig.html

 

[Ali]

Thats Fantastic! Easy to do!??

yeah mate you take three images in the same place at different exposure -2, 0 and +2
and then the software merges them together, just fiddle with the options till you find something you like

heres a link to the software site
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html

and a how to video
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/vide...cphotobig.html

Top boy!!! Cheers for that!

 

[unofficialPete]

Photomatix ftw.

 

[Ali]

That is Ba-rilliant!

 

[Clart]

one i did a while ago

 

[Lagerlout]

Photomatix ftw.

Stunning Pete :approve:

 

[caeteez]

<PIC>

one i did a while ago

Swear I've seen that somewhere before. Are you on OCUK?

 

[White16valver]

Pffft

HDR is cheating

 

[Clart]

<PIC>

one i did a while ago

Swear I've seen that somewhere before. Are you on OCUK?

nope

 

[riz]

can u do this o cs3?

 

[Dansta]

Photomatix ftw.

That is fapping awesome...
Must learn this

 

[meady100]

Been messing around myself. This is the first time I've got something that really worked rather than just looked like all the contrast had been knocked out of it. The secret is in finding a scene that has extremely bright and dark areas. There's not really much point in a normal dull daylight photo. And yes, I'm well aware that the effect is rather overdone, but I was aiming for 'dramatic' here, not subtle

 

[Nigel]

I've had a slack morning so had a play with HDR. I only had a couple of images on works computer but I quite like the results:

 

[RSi Dave]

need to properly practise with photomatrix. Awsome hdr shots.

 

[planetx]

If you have 2 mins have a look at some stuff by a guy called Pete Carr...Google his name.
He is one of the founders and gurus of HDR, some really impressive work on his site.
www.petecarr.net

 

[-TA-]

HDR can be grrrrrrrrreat! but can easily be over done!

 

[fUbAr]

is this HDR an effect used while taking the pictures, or is it something I can do to a standard photograph in Photoshop afterwards?

 

[planetx]

FUbar

What you need to do if you don't have a dedicated HDR software is...
Take 3 pics and change exposures .
You must only change the S/Speed other wise your depth of field will change.
Try to aim between +2 and -2 EV steps.
Then you need to open Photoshop>file>automate>merge to HDR>browse for files>and have a play with the settings.
HDR will be a 32bit image so you might need to go to image>adjustments>mode>change to 16bit.
This will then bring open a box with 4 drop down menus. select the bottom menu>local adaptation and use it a little like the curves pallette
Hope this helps.

 

[RSi Dave]

My first HDR Effort

 

[Jungle_Jim]

i wasnt impressed with photoshop cs3 hdr function, photomatix is better. but then i found dynamic photo hdr which is the best, easier to use, better alignment and a selection of preset mode such as realistic or eye catching etc

 

[planetx]

jim how much does it cost??